I travel across America photographing lighthouses. However, some of my favorite lights are right here in my "backyard" of the beautiful Evergreen State. I am a founding board member of the Washington Lightkeeper's Association (WLA), established in 2005.A comprehensive archive of my images of Washington State Lighthouses and everything you ever wanted to know about Washington's Lighthouse history, can be found at the WLA website: www.walightkeepers.comThese images captured with Nikon (D200, F80, FA, Coolpix P5100, L10, L11), Minolta DiMage7i and Pentax Optio P70.For personal use or to order full-size prints, please contact: boondog911@yahoo.comLatest Update:Keepers Reunion-Jun2010

Welcome to the Washington Lightkeepers Association!
WLA is dedicated to the rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, and perpetuation of Washington’s lighthouses and lightships, as well as their history and lore.
WLA will ser…

About seventy lighthouse keepers and lightship crewmen, descendants of keepers and crewmen, and WLA members gathered June 26th at Silverdale Beach Hotel for the first-ever WLA Lighthouse Keepers Reunion. The event included a buffe…

Admiralty Head Lighthouse lies on the east side of the entrance to Admiralty Inlet from the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. It was here on March 26, 2005 where the Washington Lighkeepers Association came into existence with their firs…

Located in Tacoma on Commencement Bay. The light at Browns Point might not be as appealing as other more traditional lighthouses. However, Browns Point itself has a photogenic and magical appeal on both sunny and foggy days. Overa…

Cattle Point Light is located on the southern tip of San Juan Island. Though it may lack in structural appeal, it makes up for this shortcoming by surrounding itself with some of the most beautiful scenery in all of Washington Sta…

Grays Harbor Light is Washington's tallest sentinel and was first lit on June 30, 1898. At that time, the tower stood just 400 feet from high tide. Reverse erosion, primarily from the jetty system at the entrance to Grays Harbor, …

Lime Kiln lighthouse is located on the west side of San Juan Island, the largest island of the archipelago. The lighthouse gets its name from the lime kilns built nearby in the 1860s. Beginning operations in 1914, it was the last …

The 38-foot tall lighthouse, equipped with a fouth-order Fresnel lens, went into operation in March, 1906. The light station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Mukilteo Lighthouse remains a fully f…

New Dungeness Lighthouse was the second lighthouse established in the Washington territory. It beams its light from one of the longest natural sand spits in the world. The original 1857 light was replaced in 1927, when the tower w…

Located near the town of Ilwaco, North Head Light is just 2 miles north of Cape Disappointment. It provides supplemental coverage for "Cape D" Light, guiding mariners approaching from the north around the cape towards the Columbia…

The desolate beauty of Patos Island Lighthouse. The most northern Lighthouse in the San Juan Islands chain. The original light station was a post light and third-class Daboll trumpet fog signal. Beginning operation on November 30,…

Vessels traveling from the Strait of San Juan de Fuca to places north such as Vancouver, first follow Haro Strait due north, and then make a hard right at Turn Point, the northwestern corner of Stuart Island. The U.S./Canadian bor…

"Pharologists" on a charter flight out of Port Angeles, Washington, June 2008. Our mission - to view several "off limits" or rarely accessible WA lighthouses and the most northwesterly portion of the contiguous U.S. in all its gra…

Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. However, images posted here represent some of what I consider to be my best shots of Washington Lighthouses. Created for various publication requests.
These images captured with Nikon (D…